Full Spectrum Mama

“You need to be your teens’ ‘frontal lobes’ until their brains are fully wired.” Dear Persons ,     I found this quote, from The Te...

I’ve often said I’ve never in G’s entire life wanted to hit him. Until yesterday. Leaving Pardner’s basketball game at the rec center, ...

The other night, Pardner and I watched Bully . I almost wish I could unwatch it. I sobbed through the whole movie.  I am NOT the one who ne...

One initially formative idea for Full Spectrum Mama was that if something worked in our household it might be useful across a wide range o...

This little vignette shows how Full Spectrum parenting is full of teachable moments...for Mama! We have a decent swimming hole about...

Do you obey rules? Why or why not? What about the children you know – yours or others’? Continuing on the trajectory that bega...

Another way to approach my Full Spectrum household is through a lens of boundaries: Z habitually smashes them, while G is often unaware of...

We recently had pizza night with Noodle, her partner and her partner’s children.  The four children are a rare good match: two powerful ga...